Chersotis andereggii explained

Chersotis andereggii is a moth of the family Noctuidae.^[1]

Subspecies

• Chersotis andereggii andereggi (Alps)
• Chersotis andereggii arcana (southern Finland, northern Estonia)
• Chersotis andereggii subtilis (Himalayas (Ladakh))

Description

Chersotis andereggii has a wingspan of 29–32 mm. These relatively small moths are generally greyish-brown, with large dark orbicular and claviform markings.^[2] Warren states ab. andereggii Boisd. of R. rectangula is darker, without the grey irroration, the lines not showing paler.^[3]

Biology

Adults are on wing from the end of July to the first half of August. The larvae feed on Lychnis, Melilotus and Trifolium species.^[4]

Distribution

This species can be found in Europe (Bulgaria, East European Russia, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Switzerland),^[5] in the southern Urals, Turkey, north-western Iran, Transcaucasia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kirghizia, the Altai Mountains, the Sayan Mountains, Baikal, Kamchatka, Mongolia, the Himalaya, the Alps.

Habitat

These moths live in alpine meadows and steppe slopes.^[2]

Bibliography

• Erstbeschreibung: BOISDUVAL („1834“): Icones historique des lépidoptères d'Europe nouveaux ou peu connus 2: 1-192, pl. 47-84. Paris (Roret).
• COWAN, C. F. (1970): Boisduval's Icones Historiques des Lépidoptères d'Europe "1832" [-1841]. — Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 5 (4): 291-302
• HUEMER, P. (2013): Die Schmetterlinge Österreichs (Lepidoptera). Systematische und faunistische Checkliste. – 304 S. (Studiohefte 12); Innsbruck (Tiroler Landesmuseen-Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H.).

External links

• Noctuinae (Noctuidae) collection of Siberian Zoological Museum
• Lepiforum

Notes and References

1. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id54443/ Biolib
2. K Mikkola, J D Lafontaine, P Grotenfelt A revision of the Holarctic Chersotis andereggii complex (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)
3. [William Warren (entomologist)|Warren, W.]
4. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/noctuinae/chersotis/index.html Funet
5. http://www.fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/3550ffca-db2a-45e6-9911-5bb8b993bbf5 Fauna europaea